No Bigger Lie Thah
28 October 1969 pm iation Camp at Dwarka, Gurujat, India We bee free from that which we have known.
We also triumph over that which we have known.
Our failure a are only because of norance.
Defeat is because of darkness; when there is light, defeat is impossible -- light itself will bring triumph.
The first thing I would like to tell you about death is that there is no bigger lie thah.
A, death appears to be true.
It not only appears to be true but even seems like the cardinal truth of life -- it appears as if the whole of life is surrounded by death.
Whether we fet about it, or bee oblivious to it, everywhere death remains close to us.
Death is even closer to us than our shadow.
We have even structured our lives out of our fear of death.
The fear of death has created society, the nation, family and friends.
The fear of death has caused us to chase money and has made us ambitious of higher positions.
And the biggest surprise is that ods and our temples have also been raised out of the fear of death.
Afraid of death, there are people who pray on their knees.
Afraid of death, there are people who pray to God with folded hands raised towards the sky.
And nothing is more false thah.
That is why whatever system of life we have created, believih to be true, has bee false.
How do we know the falsity of death? How we know there is h? Until we know that, our fear of death will not go.
Until we know the falsity of death, our lives will also remain false.
As long as there is fear of death, there ot be authentic life.
As long as we tremble with the fear of death, we ot summon the capacity to live our lives.
Only those live for whom the shadow of death has disappeared forever.
How a frightened and trembling mind live? And wheh seems to be approag every sed, how is it possible to live? How we live?
No matter to what extent we may remain oblivious to death, it is never really fotten.
It makes no difference if we put the cemetery outside the town -- death still shows its face.
Every day someone or other dies; every day death occurs somewhere, and it shakes the very foundation of our lives.
Whenever we see death happening, we bee aware of our owh.
When we cry over somebodys death, it is not just for that persoh alone, but also for the hi of our own.
Our suffering from pain and sorrow is not only over someone elses death but also over the apparent possibility of our own.
The occurrence of every death is, at the same time, our owh.
And so long as we remain surrounded by death, how we live? Like that, living is impossible.
Like that, we ot know what life is -- her its joy, nor its beauty, nor its beion.
Like that, we ot reach the temple of God, the supreme truth of life.
The temples which have beeed out of the fear of death are not the temples of God.
The prayers which have been posed out of the fear of death are not prayers to God either.
Only one who is filled with the joy of life reaches the temple of God.
Gods kingdom is filled with joy ay, and the bells of Gods temple ring only for those who are free from all kinds of fears, for those who have bee fearless.
Because we like to live ihis seems difficult.
But this is not possible -- only one of the two things be right.
Remember, if life is